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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER 1x03 - Murder in the Rue Morgue

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jaime terrible at the royal guard job he held for his entire life but luckily it gave him access to other roles that suited him much better namely 1. walking guillotine

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I bow to this wit.

some of u should have an OnlyClowns account

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Ditto. Another book may do it. Or a good sequel. Both seem unlikely right now.

I miss looking forward to game of thrones coming on, I’ve yet to find a show that fills the void it left, Little Daenerys doodle from tonight

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This depends to a substantial extent on how one interprets Doran Martell. It is hard to form too sympathetic a view of him under the way Westerosi society thinks. Why? Because history is quite clear on the fact that whatever the population distribution may be, Dorne was able to withstand even determined attempts by the Targaryens to subdue it. Aegon the conqueror was not able to take it. Daeron the Young Dragon invaded it and ultimately died there and the forces were either destroyed or kicked out. Dorne had demonstrated that it can withstand even a dragon lead invasion on its home turf. With that knowledge, one would expect that a Dornish Prince with some spine would have taken his relations and protect them, refusing to hand them over to the Iron Throne (which certainly didn't have the force of dragons behind it any more).

However, standards that are not so common in Westeros seem to motivate Doran too (the question is whether he is simply a coward justifying his cowardice, or does he sincerely believe what he says? We don't get his POV so we must speculate). He seems to be quite concerned that the ordinary people of Dorne will suffer immensely under the conditions of such a war. Ok. Fine. The question is, however, how does he expect to avoid an eventual war if his daughter marries Viserys? Would the Baratheon Iron Throne have tolerated that?

My own feeling is that Doran is somewhat of an opportunist and a coward. He wanted to keep his options open and marry Arianne to Viserys in case circumstances start to turn against the Baratheon monarchy. He probably had the political acumen to see that it wasn't very stable, but propped up by an alliance of the high lords of Westeros which could be quite brittle (yeah, D&D that was your solution wasn't it?). If things turned against the Baratheons, then he could activate things and try to marry Arianne to Viserys. However, if the Baratheon monarchy had proved itself strong and stable, I suspect he would have gone back on his promises. In reality there was a huge civil war so he became interested in the old option again.

Daenerys only becomes interesting because she reputedly has dragons, i.e. the great weapon that defeated everyone (with the ironic exception of Dorne) before.

So if it had been Rhaenys, maybe he would have made an attempt if it could be done so quietly that the suspicion for such an intervention would not fall on him. Oberyn may have been more willing to try something. However, neither seemed sufficiently motivated to act for Dany. She was not a blood relation, after all. And probably not considered a very useful marriage prospect at that point when the Baratehon monarchy seemed quite stable. If they knew about it, they probably considered her an acceptable sacrifice to potentially gain a Dothraki army on their side. After all, if it worked then Viserys was still open to marry Arianne.

As for Jon Connington, it is not clear that he had any idea anything like this was happening. I do not get the impression that he was keeping a very close eye on what was happening with Viserys and Daenerys. He seems to have decided (in a very Westerosi manner) that the duty to Rhaegar is fulfilled by devoting himself solely to his heir. Love for Rhaegar is reflected in the same. Other relations pale in comparison. That is very Westerosi.

no but it is really going to fuck with dany when she realizes there were people in the world that knew she was about to be sold off as a child bride/sex slave and did nothing to help her.

people that were loyal to rhaegar, loyal to her brother (and his son), but just not to her. because she's just a girl so selling her as a broodmare to a slaver is acceptable to them.

jon connington loved rhaegar enough to devote his life to protecting his son but that doesn't extend to rhaegar's sister.

dany thought there was no one to help her. she believed it was just her and her abusers. that there was no one in the world to save her but there was, they just chose not to.

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Daenerys: 👀 

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The Rings of Power | Season 2 | Aug 29 - Oct 3, 2024 Morfydd Clark as Galadriel

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aw man, it wasn’t this corny while it was still in my head but here take it

art info/rules

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Alternative timeline

Elf-lover by mildthemes

Remember Me Like This by shady-swan-jones

Another Tale of Darkness Indeed by Hopeful_Foolx

This Fate Bound Throne by callitagift

Salt of the Sea and Iron Smoke by @poopsiekitten

Reforged in the Making by FormerlyIR (Irony_Rocks)

Bound to His Being by ChapterEight

A Deal with the Devil by Iblametumblrformyproblems

Human Halband

These Hands are Rated E for Everyone by NumquamCedam

The Best Laid Plans by @ichabodjane

The Adventures of the Low Man by @ichabodjane and @somebirdortheother

Heal What Could Be Hurt by NumquamCedam

Impulse Control by NumquamCedam

I Met the King of the Southlands Once (AND ALMOST DIED) by NumquamCedam

Back Into the Furnace by BetoWrites

I Could Get Used to This by orphan_account

Keeping Watch by @name1name1

Post s1

Know My Name As It's Called Again by @deceivedcomet

A Lord and his Builder by @90shaladriel

Lavage by kimsey

Binding by CartaEscarlate

Beautiful Lies by Ottertale

Queen of Night and Stars by @90shaladriel

King of The Southlands

The White Queen by LadyRosalune

Queen of the Southlands by FormerlyIR (Irony_Rocks)

Unsired by @shady-swan-jones

Shake Like the Bough of a Willow Tree and First Impressions by @myfavouritelunatic

Numenor

consolations of the flesh by framboise

All It Takes To Bind You by @shady-swan-jones

cry of the mourning petrel, tooth of the sea by @rain-sleet-snow

kalopsia by properhaunt

to call dark deeds good by prettybrilliantfunny

banquets have burned for you by @conundrumoftime

Adrift by bartagnans

The Souvenir by @somebirdortheother

A Curious Case of the Cart Trying to Push the Horse by orphan_account

What Happens in Numenor by @youwearfinethingswellwriter

Hands on You by @lisenberry

A Beacon Of Stars by @jhalya

Lady of the Seas by @conundrumoftime

i cannot heave my heart into my mouth by fallofrain

Slice of Paradise by @scriberated

Perfection by @nenyabusiness

All We Are, Flood Damage In The Dark by @klynnvakarian

Season 2

Splashes of colour on shades of grey by @mirroringdust

mitosis by @orcas86

the too plentiful light by thefudge

More Painful Sacrifices by myfavouritelunatic

Until the Dawn Comes by @scribblecat27

light of the Two Trees by dxrklina

Primal Play by thenagil

destitute of the light he once craved by @mirroringdust

That all encompassing feeling by Mara (Naldoreth)

and laid her soiled gloves by by @mortaltempless

A Goodbye by @youwearfinethingswellwriter

the labyrinth that binds us by eastwynds

Teeth by pinkishtea

A door, once opened by @maeday1551

I put a spell on you by @sixofwaffles

Darkness Bound by no_more_doubt

Stars & Shadows by @nowforruin

Epic Adventures (50k+)

A tragic age by @stitchingatthecircuitboard

The Trials of Mairon by bynightmylove

That Which Lies Across the Sea by @theriverwild

I could be your king by @cliffdivingsblog

Shadow-Bride by @conundrumoftime

In Case of Defeat, Break Glass by eastwynds

The Venus of Valinor by @thecoziestbean

Instruments of Salvation by @scriberated

The Lesser of Two Evils by @thrillofhope

Across That Fine Line by @myrsinemezzo

Beautiful Creature of Darkness by @pursuitseternal

Rainbow of Chaos by yletylyf

Litost and Beasts of the Hill and Serpents of the Den by @demonscantgothere

Special fics

the nameless by bimmyou

Half Moon by vuas

The Mirror and the Palantír by @oroniel

Dubcon/dead dove

Hérincë by  @mzladybird

those who eat, those who are eaten by thehoneydoll

Until the Dawn Comes by Scriberated 

Trespassers Beware and Lord of the Werewolves by @pursuitseternal

Part 2 - Modern AU, Explicit & Bonus (coming soon)

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I assume the skipped step in their logic (assuming there is some method to their madness) is that some version of the p0litical J0n theory has turned out to be true, and that Dany has discovered it and knows that Jon actually never loved her but manipulated her into thinking that he did while actually loving Sansa.

However, that still wouldn't justify Dany burning down King's Landing. It wouldn't even explain it. It might be used as an expanation for her burning down Winterfell, if that were to happen. However, no one in the J0nsa fandom suggests that--because then where else will Sansa rule as Queen from? Not King's Landing because GRRM has already fixed that for Bran (unless he changes things there--but that's the one thing about the finale that D&D are willing to attribute to him).

What the poster does not seem to get is that Dany fans do not generally say that we accept her actions in 8x05 in the show as legitimate and think that she was quite justified, or at least still a good character etc. There may be a few who reason like that, but it hasn't been the majority, at least as far as I can see. They mostly recognize that those actions were quite unjutifiable and evil. And even that a character who did those would deserve the end she was given in 8x06. Just read most post-season 8 Jonerys fanfic. The main issue that Dany fans have is that it is impossible to believe that Dany would ever become the character they turned her into at the end of the show. The story as it stood at the end of season 7, while diverging from the books, still seemed true enough to the characters of both Jon and Daenerys. Both were flawed heroic characters, who happened to find each other and fell in love despite the prevailing political and apocalyptic drama around them because they really were very good for each other. Both still behaved roughly within tolerable boundaried like the characters we also find in the books. Season 8 Dany simply turns into something else.

So, who wants to go first?

What ISN'T appealing about victimizing Dany (again) and turning her into a manipulated, used, exploited, betrayed, vilified, and dead pawn for Jonsa?

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If this is what Sauron sees, he will definitely be down bad for 3000 years.

Morfydd Clark for Time Magazine